Chemistry
College of Science & Engineering
Twin Cities
Award Year
2025
University Award
McKnight Land-Grant Professorship
A Mechanistic Approach to Next-Generation Synthetic Polymers
Synthetic polymers improve many aspects of our daily lives, but modern applications and sustainability concerns demand the development of new materials with on-demand properties. The Lamb group utilizes their knowledge of organic chemistry to design new synthetic routes to polymers with a wide range of properties. They systematically correlate structure with properties, which enables them to define design principles that will shape the future of polymer synthesis.